Blue tinge seen in Cedar Rapids creek after spill
Fire crews and pollution officials investigated a blue discoloration in standing water pockets along a Cedar Rapids creek feeding Robbins Lake. Tests will identify the substance, possibly algae control from Ellis Park Golf Course, with results due later this week.
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Cedar Rapids
Robbins Lake
26Th Street
Kevin Sterenchuk
Waste Pollution Control Department
Linn County Health Department
Sterenchuk
Ellis Park
West Liberty carnival worker charged with rigged game
Timothy A. Evans, 48, of Paragould Arkansas, was arrested on theft by deception charges after a West Liberty police complaint about the Coke Roll game. He allegedly doubled the price from $2 to $32 per play and told a player she would win her money back. Evans remained jailed on $1,300 bond.
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Muscatine County Fair
Timothy A. Evans
Paragould
Ark
West Liberty
Evans
Chris Gerstbrein
Gerstbrein
Decorah Trial Delayed Until Fall for Luther Student
Luther College senior Mirsad Zahirovic 22 faces simple misdemeanor charges for assaulting a Decorah police officer during a May 22 end of year event. He waived speedy trial and will return to Decorah in fall for a Sept. 24 trial. he is free on a $5,000 bond after spending summer in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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Luther College
Decorah
Luther
Mirsad Zahirovic
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Zahirovic
David Smutzler
Iowa City Highway 6 traffic narrowed for patching work
Traffic on Highway 6 from Riverside Drive to the Muscatine County line will be reduced to one lane for pavement patching. Night work near Gilbert Street will run about two nights next week with a pilot car and flaggers guiding traffic. Project costs are $331,000 with Midwest Contractors of Cedar Falls as contractor, aiming to complete by August 16.
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Highway
Riverside Drive
Muscatine County
Gilbert Street
Iowa City
Midwest Contractors
Cedar Falls
Marion family rescues boy from pool in California
Ed Rogers pulled his 3-year-old son Taylor from the bottom of a pool in California while his 10-year-old son Ryan spotted the danger. Taylor recovered with no ill effects. The family hails from Marion and visited the Marion Municipal Pool.
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Ed Rogers
Taylor
California
Ryan
Marion
Marion Municipal
Father recalls near drowning of son Taylor in pool accident
Marion father Ed Rogers recounts the moment he pulled 3 year old Taylor from a private California pool after an accidental slip. The boy survived with no ill effects after emergency care. Rogers stresses constant water supervision and the need for life jackets for toddlers.
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Ryan
California
Rogers
Taylor
Safety tips for children under five around water
Maintain constant supervision and never leave a child unattended near water. Remove toys from the water and avoid relying on flotation devices. Emphasize cautious behavior, walk slowly, and only enter water with an adult. Monitor weather and stop activities during storms. Use Coast Guard approved life jackets. Source: American Red Cross.
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Coast Guard
Linn County adds land value relief to landfill zoning plan
County officials propose a Land Value Assurance Program to compensate property owners within one mile of a future landfill. The plan, added to a zoning amendment, would require a written compensation plan after six months of operation and aims to protect prime farmland while enforcing a 65 CSR rule. The final vote is scheduled for 8:30 at Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium.
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Linn
Lumir Dostal
Gary Jarvis
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Foth & van Dyke
Rebecca Palmer
Zoning Commission
Palmer
Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood Community College
Linn County bids wrap up for new juvenile detention center
Three Cedar Rapids and Iowa City firms submitted base bids ranging from 5.099 million to 5.528 million for a 35 bed detention facility at Miller Avenue site. Alternate items include gutters. project budget 6.3 million with 4.9 million for construction. County aims to award Aug. 13 pending approvals from Four Oaks land sale and city boards.
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Beth Chacey Gazette
Linn County
Neering
Taylor Ball
Cedar Rapids
Kleiman Construction Inc
McComas- Lacina Construction
Iowa City
Miller Avenue
Kirkwood Boulevard
County Home Road
Marion
Four Oaks
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
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Gazette
Lisa Po
Dale Kueter Uazette
Little Taylor
Redding
Calif
Lori Rogers
Kyle
National Safety Council
Iowa
Betsy Tatro
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Tatro
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Iowa Department of Health
By Beth Chacey
Linn Juvenile Detention Center
City Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
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